>>>>> "Randal" == Randal L Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com> writes:
Randal> For example, if I wanted the identity hash (where all values are 1, Randal> but keys are original list elements), I could do: Randal> my %hash = @somelist.inject({}, { $^a{$^b} = 1; $^a }); And yes, I know I can spell this as: my %hash = ({}, @somelist).reduce({ $^a{$^b} = 1; $^a }); But it puts things all in the wrong place for me. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!